Your guardian can make decisions about where you live, what health or dental care you receive, what personal services you require and any other matter relating to your care and wellbeing. You can also limit or restrict what decisions your guardian can make in the enduring guardianship.

If you lose your mental capacity and you’re unable to look after yourself, someone will need to look after you.

Generally, your next of kin or close family would take on this responsibility, but this may not necessarily be clear depending on the dynamics of your family. To avoid any confusion, you can appoint a guardian through the enduring guardianship.

Whether you should consider appointing a guardian is influenced by various factors such as:

You should appoint someone who can and will look after you and who will act in your best interests. Generally, most people will appoint family members (ie, spouses, children or parents) because they know you, however, this also depends on your relationships and the dynamics of your family.

The cost for you to appoint a guardian through an enduring guardianship is relatively cheap compared the cost (and the time/process) of trying to obtain guardianship over you once you’ve lost your mental capacity.

We offer fixed processional fees to prepare and witness the enduring guardianship.

To find out more about our services, please request a quote or call our office on 02 9687 8885.

Yes, you can appoint as many guardians as you like – however, appointing multiple guardians can create other legal and practical complications. You should seek legal advice before you decide to appoint multiple guardians.

There are several ways that you can appoint multiple guardians and so it depends on what you want them to do and how you want them to do it. For example, you can appoint your guardians jointly, jointly and severally, or in the alternative.

Also, each of your guardians must obtain legal advice before they accept their appointment.